Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes the results of the coming general election will be declared null and void if BN loses by a small margin.

"Either that or the government would refuse to admit defeat. The opposition would be accused of cheating.

"No evidence would be needed for the government to declare this. The bullies in BN would be ready to create instability.

"On this basis, there could be a declaration of a state of emergency and Parliament would be suspended," he said in a posting on his blog, Chedet.

Mahathir said should Parliament be suspended, a National Operations Council (Mageran), akin to what was formed after the race riots in 1969, would be established to run the nation using martial law.

According to Mahathir, this period of uncertainty will allow BN to make overtures to MPs from rival parties.

"Once BN gains a sufficient majority, the emergency would be lifted and BN would form a majority government. Parliament would be recalled," he said.

Mahathir said this in an article titled "How Najib hopes to win", which also contained allegations of other abuses of executive mechanisms already taking place.

Unfair elections

Citing the ongoing redrawing of electoral boundaries by the Election Commission (EC), Mahathir said the purpose was to separate Malays from Chinese voters.

"They believe that the Malays can be easily bribed to vote for BN but the Chinese will continue to be dead against him (Najib) as they were in the 13th general election," wrote Mahathir.

He also predicted that anti-BN voters would have trouble finding their voting stations due to irregularities, such as transferring voters to far-flung places.

Mahathir predicted that uniformed personnel such as the police and military would be shifted to constituencies contested by senior BN leaders to ensure victory.

"In the 2004 election, it is known that postal votes while still in their boxes were shifted three constituencies away in order to turn defeat into victory for a prominent minister.

"The number of voters in a constituency was increased to almost double (its original number) between 2008 to 2013. Accordingly, the candidate who had scored very badly in a previous election, was able to win by huge majorities in the following elections," said Mahathir.

Such manoeuvres, coupled with bribing of voters, would ultimately render the election unfair, he said.

"We are not going to see a fair election," he added.